rose cold

Example Sentences

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This time while he was there, it was like sitting on a beach enjoying the sun while the tide rose cold around his ankles.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

It rose cold and white against the moon, at the end of a nettle-grown lane.

From Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

We rose cold and cramped at daylight, and without waiting to make ready any coffee, saddled our beasts and rode away.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas

The great marble pillars rose cold and magnificent in four stately rows, on all sides of the high-vaulted apartment.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

It sank in sobs of melting compassion; it implored pity and sympathy in words of thrilling entreaty; and then it rose, cold and calm, in sounds of withering derision and implacable hate.

From Trifles for the Christmas Holidays by Armstrong, H. S.